Carnarvon Tracking Station
The Carnarvon Tracking Station was an Earth tracking station in Australia, located 10 kilometres south of Carnarvon, Western Australia. It operated from 1963 until 1975, during which it supported the Gemini, Apollo and Skylab space programs.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carnarvon.
Carnarvon
Carnarvon is a town in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, with a population in 2016 of 4426. Once a port for the shipping of livestock, it's now a fruit & veg growing area and has a small fishing industry.Carnarvon Tracking Station
- Type: Ruins
- Description: former earth tracking station in Western Australia
- Categories: ground station and historic site
- Location: Shire of Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-24.9023° or 24° 54′ 8″ south
Longitude
113.71967° or 113° 43′ 11″ east
Open location code
5P7M3PX9+3V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jindalee Operational Radar Network Carnarvon Ionosonde Site and Carnavon Clay Target Club.
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